sheugh

chiefly Scottish
as in ditch
a long narrow channel dug in the earth fell into a sheugh while rambling over the Scottish moors

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Noun
  • In photos obtained by Metro from the scene, the white car could be seen partially underwater in a ditch while leaning to the side.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Trucks lost control on icy roads and went spiraling into ditches, and pileups backed up traffic on interstate highways across the Midwest.
    Nazaneen Ghaffar, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Preliminary estimates found that filling in the interstate trench would cost $2.4 billion to $3.2 billion, compared to $1.5 billion to $2.5 billion to reconfigure the freeway within its existing footprint.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 17 Jan. 2025
  • In the photo, there's a line around the moon's equator that resembles the equatorial trench around the Death Star.
    Ailsa Harvey, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Those embers can ride high winds for multiple miles to nestle in dry leaves or pine needles clogging a gutter, a wood-shingle roof, or shrubs, trees and other flammable vegetation close to a structure.
    Justin Angle, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Once one house starts—with a spark that catches on dry leaves in a rain gutter or drifts into an attic through a vent—the fire spreads house to house.
    Elizabeth Miller, Outside Online, 12 Jan. 2025
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“Sheugh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheugh. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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